Let’s hop right into our mailbag this week, where most of your questions revolve around Jared Goff, the quarterback position and what to expect from the Detroit Lions in 2023. When the 2023 season commences, Brad Holmes will have had 6 MAJOR ‘swings at the plate’ (3 drafts/3 FA signing periods) to build this team
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After Aidan Hutchinson won NFC Defensive Player of the Week before Thanksgiving, a couple friends asked what I thought about Hutchinson’s chances of winning Defensive Rookie of the Year. Hutchinson has had a nice season for the Detroit Lions. He has made some huge plays and disappeared at times, which is to be expected for
Allen Park — In recent years, it’s not been uncommon for the Detroit Lions to fare poorly in Pro Bowl voting, but the team has landed six players in the top-10 of their positions in the first wave of balloting this season. Center Frank Ragnow is fourth among centers, while rookies Aidan Hutchinson and Kerby
Allen Park — The Detroit Lions have lost one of the team’s most productive defensive players from a year ago for at least the next four games, making room for the team to sign rookie James Houston off the practice squad. On Monday, the team announced Charles Harris has been placed on injured reserve. He
Allen Park — Detroit Lions center Frank Ragnow wanted to enjoy some time with his family on Thanksgiving, but it’s tough to get in the right frame of mind hours after a loss, particularly a difficult loss where you feel the result could have been different if your team made one or two fewer mistakes.
The Detroit Lions are rewarding James Houston for his big game with a promotion to the 53-man roster. Houston had two sacks and recovered a fumble on special teams in his NFL debut in last week’s 28-25 loss to the Buffalo Bills. The Lions elevated Houston to their gameday roster from the practice squad because
Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell is as anxious as anyone to see Jameson Williams on the field, but Campbell said Monday the rookie wide receiver is probably at least another week away from making his NFL debut. Asked what he would need to see for Williams and defensive end Romeo Okwara to play this week
Twenty-two months after the Detroit Lions agreed to trade quarterback Matthew Stafford to the Los Angeles Rams for Jared Goff and three draft picks, the deal looks like a rare win-win for both sides. Stafford led the Rams to a Super Bowl win over the Cincinnati Bengals last February, the final piece to L.A.’s championship
Allen Park — Rookie wide receiver Jameson Williams and veteran defensive end Romeo Okwara are both inching closer to returning to the filed for the Detroit Lions, but it sounds like neither is likely to play this Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars. “Yeah, man, I think that would be a tall order,” Lions coach Dan
[embedded content] Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell is set to speak Monday at 2:15 p.m. in Allen Park as the Lions return to action this week after a 28-25 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Thanksgiving. The loss snapped a three-game winning streak, but was still a positive moment for the team, as the Lions
They were raggin’ on Frank Ragnow. “He eats like a child,” Detroit Lions guard Logan Stenberg said about the starting center. “It’s chicken fingers and fries.” Lions left tackle Taylor Decker got more specific. “He eats like a third grader,” Decker teased. “Oh, it’s the worst. The only thing that he likes, that’s, I guess,
The Detroit Lions are one of the seven best teams in the NFC. They were trending that way before Thursday’s Thanksgiving loss to the Buffalo Bills, and going toe-to-toe for 60 minutes with one of the best teams in football only solidified their place as a team no one should want to face down the
Each Saturday during the college football season, we’ll highlight five prospects with locally televised matchups who could be a fit for the Detroit Lions in the 2023 NFL Draft, based on projected needs. The list aims to highlight early-, mid- and late-round prospects. This will give you a chance to watch the players performing live,
Here are four observations after having a night to ponder the Detroit Lions’ 28-25 loss to the Buffalo Bills. First down Call it a gut feeling, but a week ago, I started talking to people about James Houston, the Lions’ sixth-round pick who had spent the duration of his rookie season on the practice squad. Once training
Detroit Lions defensive end Austin Bryant said he did not realize Josh Allen had thrown the ball when he whipped the Buffalo Bills quarterback to the ground late in the fourth quarter of Buffalo’s 28-25 come-from-behind victory Thursday, but Bryant said that’s no excuse for the roughing the passer penalty he incurred on the play.
Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell made an announcement a few days before playing the Buffalo Bills. “Houston — we have a problem!” Campbell said, while informing his team that James Houston, a practice squad linebacker, was going to get elevated and make his NFL on Thanksgiving Day. “He’s an animal,” Chase Lucas, a fellow rookie,
Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett breaks down the Detroit Lions’ 28-25 loss to the Buffalo Bills and looks at players and coaches who helped and hurt their stock Thursday at Ford Field. Stock up OLB James Houston: A sixth-round pick out of Jackson State, Houston was a standout in his NFL debut Thursday. The
Taylor Decker used a potty word after the Detroit Lions lost to the Buffalo Bills, because sometimes you need to use a potty word when you lose a game like this to a team like that. Standing in the locker room after Thursday’s come-from-ahead 28-25 loss to a team that holds the No. 2 seed
The AFC and NFC playoff pictures were impacted after the Buffalo Bills vs. Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys vs. New York Giants games on Thanksgiving. As has become tradition in the NFL, there were three games held on Thanksgiving. Of course, the first two contests are reserved for the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys, both
Detroit — This was a fiercely fought game destined to come down to one play, and considering the pedigrees of the teams, it was surprising, even mesmerizing. And ultimately for the Lions, agonizing. No matter how many plays you make in an NFL game, it doesn’t matter unless you make the last one, a truism